Meaning of HERO

Pronunciation:

'heerow, 'heerow

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WordNet Dictionary

Definition:

[n] the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

[n] a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

[n] (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

[n] someone who fights for a cause

[n] (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

[n] a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"

[n] Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

\He"ro\, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.
Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.
3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.
The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.
{Hero worship}, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.

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Dream Dictionary

Definition:

Dreaming that you are a hero means your inner strength and weaknesses. It may be representative of how you are bravely facing and challenging the secrets of your unconscious.